thingy
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thingy¹
- /ˈθɪŋiː/ UK
- /ˈθɪŋi/ US
Rhymes with -ɪŋi
noun thingies · thingie · thingee
- A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name). And as soon as that temperature returns to normal, let’s talk about the thingies that go through your headie at night.
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A penis.
He pulled out his thingy. It was huge.
Similar: anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda, chode
Similar: Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo, gubbins, whatsit, thingamajig, doodad, whatchamacallit, doohickey, thingo, thingamabob, thingummy, whatsis, thingumajig, thingumabob, whatchacallit, Sorted alphabetically, affair, bazinga, bizzo, chingadera, dealie, dealy, dinglehopper
pronoun thingie · thingee
- A person whose name one cannot recall. He reminds me of thingy from that film.
thingy²
- /ˈθɪŋiː/ UK
- /ˈθɪŋi/ US
Rhymes with -ɪŋi
adjective thingier · thingiest
- Resembling or characteristic of a thing; tangible. The most unpleasant, and also the thingiest, the central thing in Foreign Parts, was a giant banyan tree, putting out more and more suckers which created tangled arches, a swollen hiding-place of a tree, a series of organic traps, […]
Thingy³
pronoun
- Alternative letter-case form of thingy (“a person whose name one cannot recall”). He reminds me of Thingy from that film.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gizmo, widget, something, trick, gimmick, thing, knack, whatnot, stunt, contraption, tip, stuff, sucker, crap, thingo, thingmy
noun
Similar: Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger, gismo, gubbins, whatsit, thingamajig, doodad, whatchamacallit, doohickey, thingo, thingamabob, thingummy, whatsis, thingumajig, thingumabob, whatchacallit, Sorted alphabetically, affair, bazinga, bizzo, chingadera, dealie, dealy, dinglehopper
Translations
Every language
noun a thing
| Español | chisme, chirimbolo, coso, chunche, perol, caroto |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | あれ are, やつ yatsu |
| 中文 | 什麽玩意 /什么玩意 shénme wányì, 玩意 wányì, 什麼玩意的 /什么玩意的 shénme wányì de |
| Português | treco, negócio, bagaça, coisa, troço, bagulho |
| Français | bidule, machin, truc, chose |
| Deutsch | Dings, Dingsbums, Dingsda, Etwas |
| Italiano | coso, qualcosa, robo |
| Ελληνικά | μαραφέτι maraféti, μαντζαφλάρι mantzaflári |
| Română | chestie |
| Русский | шту́ка štúka, шту́чка štúčka, штуко́вина štukóvina |
| Tiếng Việt | gì đó |
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